I haven’t posted in awhile, not a lot to say I guess.. well that’s not true, I always have a lot to say.. but I guess nothing I felt was beneficial to say.
I’ve also not taken any photos in awhile, or anything else creative.. life has just been really busy. And when I’m here, on Hive, I’m just keeping my head down and trying to help all I can to get things on the right foot along with all the others.
So there is stuff I want to say.. as I am probably this project biggest critic, you could call it a love/hate relationship, but somehow here I am.. On one hand I spend hours every day trying to help it, while on the other having such a hard time with so many aspects of it. So many flaws I don’t want to see redone, so many obstacles that need to be overcome.
I don’t know how to say those things without sounding negative.. but since I broke out the camera recently (my goodness I’m out of practice), I thought I would break out some completely random freewrite thoughts as well.. as nothing else seemed fitting.. so here goes nothing...
This community has been through a lot, and there is a ton that needs to be overcome. One thing that was very important to me was that this community had a choice, not a forced migration. Above all else, that’s why I am here.. and I’m happy to see that this community came together to ensure that happened.. and here we are.
So what happens now? We all know the flaws, we all know the improvements needed.. and somehow the community is going to have to figure out how to solve them, together.
Content discovery is horrid, focus on rewards makes this place no fun, we have no marketing, signups are difficult, the site is over complicated... I could go on and on.
But I think its pretty freaking amazing that for the first time ever, these issues actually seem solvable.
But someone has to solve them...
Currently there is a core group of people still working to set Hive up for the community. So much base layer aspects are still being worked on that are vital for longterm success.
So while I wish instead of spending hours dealing with exchanges, I instead was spending hours curating content.. some shit needs to be done first.. and I hope the community sees that - the fact that this is still brand new and so many are working hard to set the foundation of this platform so then the community can run with it. I hope that hasn’t been forgotten or replaced with frustration for not seeing instant results.
And I hope, more than anything, that the community realizes that all those things they want to see fixed.. all those flaws, yeah they aren’t going to fix themselves.. and the only one who can fix them.. is the community.
There is a ton of work to be done, and everyone will have to play their part. There may be some who put in proposals or just form groups and get it done.. after all, Hive wasn’t born because a group put in a proposal, it was born because a group saw a need and got shit done.. to ensure this community could move forward.
We all play our part, and we can’t depend on others to fix it all.. sometimes we are the ones who have to get shit done.
So while I would like to bitch about the shit that’s not done, the shit that still needs to be done, or the fact that I think every single person still interacting on Steem is helping Justin Sun and therefore showing support of the actions being done there (including the blocking of our fellow community members of their valid stake) ... instead I’m going to remind myself that shit takes time.
It’s like a break up after all.. and sometimes it takes time to leave that abusive ex for good. Shit takes time.
While I’d like to state how I still don’t have faith in the DPoS governance and that I think the rewards pool is so flawed I’d like to throw it out the window... I have to remind myself that shit takes time. And this is about building something new.. which comes with bumps along the way.
So I guess my random thoughts will lead me to asking the same of you - to realize shit takes time.
And to remind you that all those flaws and things you don’t like here, no one can fix them but us... we all play a part.
This community has shown its strength for standing up for what it believes in.. now it’s time to work together to make something better than where we came from..
But shit takes time.
I’m not sure what that means for me, if anything at all.. but I’m going to do my best to help fix some of the flaws.. until my love/hate relationship finds its final conclusion.
I hope you all will be working to do the same, or at least show patience to those that are.. as things don’t happen over night.. but to me, it already looks a hell of a lot better than where we came from, and I hope you agree.
-J
Edited to add a song.. cause well, who needs an excuse for music?
For The Fallen Dreams - Unstoppable
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=YHzinY2__hQ
photos taken with a Fuji X-T2
Says she's "out of practice" then busts out some crackers! I love the third and fourth shots Justine...The fourth is my favourite.
I'm with Asher on the revised title thing...Shit takes time is more legit a title...
So, yep, it's flawed, like all of the users...Every single (human) one, and so those flaws are going to find their way into the zeros and ones that make up the blockchain. Let's hope people give it the time to mature, and are mature enough themselves to understand that negative-talk (posts) will bring negative results.
Anyway, enough about that shit...Nice to see you post, and always good to see your shots.
Out of practice indeed... Lol.
Thank you 😊, it was good to get out there with the camera again. I need to do it more..even if I need to force it.
And yes I agree on the other - we are a diverse community and will never fully agree, but if we can somehow come together to save our community, we can come together to build something we can be proud of.
💚
It takes time to deal with shit especially when people sugar coat it as chocolate cream, I'm sure the community will get through it in the end
I'm not great at sugar coating.. my "inspirational" message here apparently is riddled with curse words I'm told. 😄 but yes I agree, we all work through it eventually.
It's taken me a while to fully get what happened and seeing the results on my own blogs but Hive is a vast improvement that I'll be focusing on now. I understand there's still a load of shit to get done on the base level but to get it pretty much fully functioning from the word go with everything that's going on globally... that's some good shit 😃
I've got some ideas but they are probably more on the usability side which I'll ask about once the functionality side is up to speed.
I'd be interested to know your ideas about simplifying things and what the marketing drive should be?
I had an idea about the sign-up process that I mentioned to @slobberchops, something like:
"Sign up with FB, you get automatic HIVE account creation with all the relevant keys somehow integrated in but 2FA is a must for making wallet transfers and important things like that. So maybe something like:
Logging in with FB/Google = posting key
2FA = active key
Forgot Your Password = account recovery/owner key
Not sure how the Master Key would work, maybe it's just the password emailed over on sign-up with instructions on how to keep it in a safe place?"
I have no idea if this is even possible to do but trying to think of at least the the first step to onboard.
Anyway, my random thoughts for your random thoughts haha
@nickyhavey I’m sorry... but I definitely disagree with the sign up process you mentioned.
We have worked so incredibly hard to decentralize the Hive Blockchain. We have sacrificed and invested time and money to that end... to allow Facebook or Google the curation of our digital sovereignty and security would certainly be convenient but a massive miss-step to say the least.
We do need to make access MUCH easier... but this is going to have to be done like everything else on the Hive Blockchain. From the ground up.
Innovation takes time and with all things worth doing... fast is slow and slow is fast.
Thanks for getting back to me @wil.metcalfe. It was just an idea about sign up and there to be discussed so appreciate your reply!
Fully understand the reasoning for not going the way of FB/Google sign up with what you said. I still think there should be some familiarity about the sign up process though and email address is what us casuals are used to when signing up for social media sites.
I guess what I'm getting at is removing the need for a casual user to know what a posting key, active key, memo key is etc and have those functions running in the background as they go about exploring this place.
I am working on formulating my ideas and thoughts on how best to market.. but being a decentralized community makes cohesive marketing even tricky.
I guess my ideal situation would be a marketing push for the base layer - Hive, then all the things built on top of it would have their own marketing and direction. But first we have to actually even let people know it exists.
I think sign ups definitely need to be simplified, depending on the target audience. I've always been a fan of social accounts which let people sign up easily with FB or email and just explore, comment and "react" to posts. Then they could upgrade to a "wallet" account if desired. I'm working on this idea with a few others for a project that will be focused on content discovery and hope to solve some of this in our own way at least.. but I think many others will have their own solutions too.
Funnily enough, I was thinking about how to visualise my thoughts last night on the different facets of the chain and the best I could come up with was a series of concentric circles starting with a core.
I agree that the core blockchain/technology driving it (I guess that's your code and "base layer" you mentioned) should have its own marketing but who's the target market for that? Software developers? App builders? Game developers? Tech firms? What's the message? Why build on Hive? (Kinda lumping the Software, computer companies in one here - call it Level 1).
Sounds like we agree with the "Level 2" (second concentric circle around the core) approach as well - this is what will be built on TOP of Level one code so things like your dapps. In my view, the dApp owners/creators should have their own strategy towards marketing and onboarding users as they are the ones who have built the dApp with specific end users in mind and makes targeting a bit easier I'd imagine (E.G. Peakd for bloggers, 3speak for video creators etc.).
Now that's a good idea and giving newcomers a familiarity of signing up in a "try before you buy" fashion. The "gap/difference" between what users are used to on FB/Twitter vs starting on Hive is a chasm bigger than the Grand Canyon and we need to bear that in mind, not falling victim to the "Curse of Knowledge"!
If the first stages (1-3 months) of joining Hive are familiar with content discovery, usability and interaction... that would be huge! I guess a new user having this type of account (call it "Discovery" account) which uses familiar email signup, can then open up an option (which can be greyed out for the first 1-3 months to entice them in and induce curiosity) where they upgrade to full wallet features (called "Discovery Pro" for example - I'm just giving it a namesake).
Then, when Discovery Pro opens up, they can claim the rewards they have earned in that 1-3 months and have full functionality...
(Note: 1-3 months is just an arbitrary amount of time, can be any length of time really!)
Concentric circle/level 3 - Users (creators, curators) interacting and engaging on the various dapps, having fun and inviting their friends!
Sorry, got excited about this cool shit and went on a brainstorm haha.
yup i am still impressed that hive was up and running just after a few days.
In the full swing of a global crisis, figure that.
2020 gonna be interesting!
Theres all the time in the world when your in house arrest, devs love it 😂
Doesn't look bad for a new start :=). I feel pretty comfortable here, colors and design look cool, especially in night mode ... which I always use ... and is great to see all those curation communities without which I would have felt pretty hopeless on Steemit, working here. I'm also very glad to see SteemStem, in the new StemSocial version. And I don't know exactly why, because I don't understand everything about the underlying economy and technology behind all this, but I have strong optimistic sensation ... maybe is just the springtime and all the warm, community oriented talk ... anyway, I think this platform will be very cool and prosperous in the following years. I think this " leave it to community" recipe will work fine.
Shit takes time @justineh.
That's just a fact of life. You can move across the country and into a new home and make it look presentable in a couple of weeks... but it'll likely take a year or more before everything is actually in the places we really want them and we start feeling even moderately happy with the place as a true home.
In the meantime, we'll spend a bunch of energy on working, AND a bunch of energy on the process of "I really need to get THAT done, and THIS done..."
Frankly, I think it's a miracle that Hive came together as well as it did, as fast as it did.
Of course, one of the greatest dangers is to grow complacent with the relief that we somehow made it. No we didn't. We just started it. But at least — as you alluded to — we started down a road where the myriad problems (and I agree they are legend) might actually be addressed and handled... in time.
Because shit takes time.
ALL shit takes time. Not just Hive and blockchain shit...
Good to see you back!
timely shit
I missed your face ❤️
been busy dealing with social media disillusionment and self pity. lol.
Was not too active in Steem, neither I an in Hive. The first post I "watched" from you was your long story video about the "transition" a couple of weeks ago.
Today, reading this post, I was captivated by the cabin photo. I keep looking at it, it is just fascinating. It reminds me of when I was a kid, always wanting to build one of those to play with my brothers during the summer break.
You may show that cabin to an older person and tell him/her he has to spend the next years living there and 99% will refuse it, but a few ones will see it as a great opportunity to start from scratch, having a chance to grow free in the middle of nature and just enjoy life while doing so.
Look at the photo and just smile.
Thanks for the post.
Awe thanks! I'm glad you could see the photos though all the nonsense words 🙏
I vote the amended title of this post to be 'Shit takes time'.
It became the motto halfway through .. title was already done. Can't edit a freewrite!!
One for next time maybe, or someone could be you to it....
especially on a low fibre diet.
I really did ruin the photos with all that shit didn't I 🤔
Blame ngc.. he told me I should be inspirational .. this is legit as close as I could get right now 😅
Next time.. I'll just do photos ...
Words always tend to ruin photos - that's not just a problem with this post, thats a problem with all posts :D
"Shit takes time" is truly inspiring. Im gonna print it on a t-shirt or something.
And the shit is fine to take time, as long as its the right shit and you aren't wasting your time on sub-par turds (yeah i'm looking at you Steem)
Had my oats as usual today, no sub par turds here.
haha, I dread to think what you had to go through to find that one!
You are ruining my inspirational messaging ...
I understand that this is a process and I appreciate the hardwork being done. I also think I am not alone.
Thanks
No thanks needed, I guess I just don't want people to lose hope too soon. Thanks for being here ❤️
I am enjoying Hive, the official hive colors are much more appealing to me than the old Steem colors.
I really like the color scheme as well 🙂
Personally I’m not a fan of the aggressive red colour and the logo looks a lot like a hornet stinger. Hive was born in controversy and inward looking... but I think we could do a re-brand (when would be good for that? I have no freaking idea... sooner better than later?) with a more friendly honey bee feel. Perhaps welcoming homey yellows and grounded browns with more of a honeycomb look and feel.
I’m just throwing it out there to see what sticks! What do you guys think?
This ones a little closer... But still very far away from what I had in mind. Perhaps we should have a design contest to see who can come up with the best design... I wonder if that would actually work?
I appreciate you creating this post @justineh. It’s a forum for all of us to come together and discuss what’s wonderful, what’s working and what’s not or what could be better!
I think that your right though... this is all going to take time.
But here’s the thing. Humans working collectively can do far more than what one centralized entity can do... if we organize ourselves effectively.
It’s my experience that people often over estimate what they can do in the short term and under estimate what they can do over the long term. Multiply and compound that out by an entire community and you can see how important momentum is going to be for the Hive Blockchains furtherance and prosperity!
I heard mention of a road map awhile ago... has one been collectively put together yet?
I think that the question is really more about how much time.
For me wishy washy words get wishy washy results so clearly defining what needs to happen point by point is an absolute MUST... especially in a community driven decentralized project like this one!
Sometimes numbness helps ...well written
Keep an eye out for mushrooms, all that moss looks like perfect growing conditions right now.
Great to have you back. Awesome work as always ... upsmoked and resmoked.
Smoke to the moon Baby ...
It's just my first time here and am already love ❤️ it
Welcome! Glad you are enjoying it so far ❤️
Thank you for all your hard work.
Welcome back.
Pardon my reward adjustment, beyond the century mark is an automatic for me.
I never left 🙂 I’ve been working 7days a week since February on Hive. I just stick behind the scenes rather than posting. Which would be my guess for the excessive rewards on content that clearly is not that valuable. I should probably shit post once a week to spread it out, but I’m no good at it.
With that being said, I love downvotes and have no issue with the use of them in this post 👍🏼 Thanks for the comment.
Perhaps 'Welcome back to trending' would have been a better way to word it?! The affair seems to have indeed created some irrational exuberance!
"It’s like a break up after all.. and sometimes it takes time to leave that abusive ex for good. Shit takes time."
It takes exactly 13 weeks.
Drops the mic
Appreciate all your work in the background on all of this.
There are problems yes but it no longer seems futile and people can make a difference now. Which is the main thing.
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I want to see that kind of beauty. So lovely there.🙂 I also wish I could understand any of the blockchain stuff. It's frustrating for me. I feel like a dumb kid in an adult body.😕